We left @ 10a because it was going to be a short hop thru Pipe Creek! Something I wanted to do, and we needed to catch it on an incoming tide! There are a couple of passages that are slim and very shallow to say the least.

Our batteries are on their last leg, as is the alternator belt, so sailing would be perfect. It was one hour from low tide and we approached this way point with trepidation, turned 180 degrees west to avoid Pipe Creek. I was pouting because not only would be miss this superb visual feast, but we would be bypassing O'Briens where we planned to dive on the reef called "The Aquarium".

We were actually a few inches above mean low tide, so he agreed to turn l80 degrees back to the entrance of Pipe Creek and take our chances.

It was indeed hairy, very trying on the nerves at places, but we were able to enjoy this marvelous snaky, windy, rocky, shallow creek past Rat Cay, Over Yonder Cay, Thomas Cay, Piple Cay, Hattie Cay, Little Hattie Cay and Joe Cay. We imagined dramas, adventures, families, parties and a multitude of other theatrics over the years on each and every hunk of land we passed.

Before we knew it, we motored and put put our way out of Joe Cay Cut and made it to L'il Bell Island by 2:30.

How did we get so lucky?